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System and method for creating dynamic folder hierarchies

  • US 8,117,535 B2
  • Filed: 03/07/2008
  • Issued: 02/14/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for creating a dynamic folder hierarchy, comprising:

  • a network;

    a host server connected to said network via a communications link; and

    a computer in communication with said network wherein said computer including a processor capable of executing instructions comprising;

    creating a design-time folder group definition specifying an organization of a hierarchy of design-time folder groups with each design-time folder group consisting of a plurality of design-time folders arranged in parent-child relationships, said definition including a set of variable binding expressions for associating a plurality of documents with a plurality of dynamic folders;

    generating a query with predicates from said set of variable binding expressions;

    searching a collection of documents to identify documents which match said query, each of said documents in said collection of documents containing self-describing data;

    dynamically creating a hierarchy of dynamic folders including child dynamic folders within said hierarchy of design-time folder groups by using a combination of said design-time folder groups definition and said identified documents; and

    associating each of said identified documents with at least one dynamic folder in said hierarchy of dynamic folders.

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